Samuel Scherrer

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Samuel Scherrer (born 15 March 1997) is a Swiss freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also won a bronze medal at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Career

In 2020, Scherrer won the silver medal in the 92{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090670/european-wrestling-championships|title=Chamizo wins battle of the champions as Russia take two golds on final day of European Wrestling Championships|date=16 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=26 March 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Erözden|first=Can|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/turkish-wrestler-karadeniz-becomes-european-champion/1736011|title=Turkish wrestler Karadeniz becomes European champion|date=16 February 2020|work=Anadolu Agency|access-date=26 March 2020}} In the final, he lost against Süleyman Karadeniz of Turkey.

In the same year, Scherrer also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 92{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=17 December 2020|title=Russia claim four freestyle golds as UWW Individual World Cup continues|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102130/russia-four-golds-uww-champs|access-date=18 March 2021}} In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} He was eliminated in his first match by Radosław Baran of Poland. A month later, Scherrer won the silver medal in the men's 92{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=21 April 2021|title=Russia claim three more golds on day three of European Wrestling Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106954/russia-three-golds-european-wrestling|access-date=22 April 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} In May 2021, he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

Scherrer competed in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He also competed at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. In the same year, Scherrer also competed in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Scherrer competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Scherrer also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}